Enhancements in Release F.02.02

New Time Synchronization Protocol Options

Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration

This command lists both the time synchronization method (TimeP, SNTP, or None) and the SNTP configuration, even if SNTP is not the selected time protocol.

Syntax: show sntp

For example, if you configured the switch with SNTP as the time synchronization method, then enabled SNTP in broadcast mode with the default poll interval, show sntp lists the following:

Figure 89. Example of SNTP Configuration When SNTP Is the Selected Time Synchronization Method

In the factory-default configuration (where TimeP is the selected time synchronization method ), show sntp still lists the SNTP configuration even though it is not currently in use. For example:

Even though, in this example, TimeP is the current time synchronous method, the switch maintains the SNTP configuration.

Figure 90. Example of SNTP Configuration When SNTP Is Not the Selected Time Synchronization Method

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode

Enabling the SNTP mode means to configure it for either broadcast or unicast mode. Remember that to run SNTP as the switch’s time synchronization protocol, you must also select SNTP as the time synchronization method by using the CLI timesync command (or the Menu interface Time Sync Method parameter).

Syntax:

timesync sntp

Selects SNTP as the time protocol.

 

sntp < broadcast unicast >

Enables the SNTP mode (below and page 195).

 

sntp server < ip-addr>

Required only for unicast mode (page 195).

 

sntp poll-interval < 30 . . 720>

Enabling the SNTP mode also enables the SNTP poll

 

 

interval (default: 720 seconds; page 197).

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